Beatrice F. Landis, 84, Bettsville salutatorian

BELLVILLE Beatrice Frances Whicker Landis, 84, formerly of Mifflin, died Friday, Sept. 1, 2006, in Country Meadow Care Center, following a long illness.
She was born Sept. 7, 1921, in Kansas, Ohio, to John C.B. and Sarah E. Gabbard Whicker. Mrs. Landis graduated from Bettsville High School in 1939 and earned the honor of salutatorian.
On Jan. 18, 1941, she married Keith Landis, who preceded her in death Sept. 2, 1980.
Primarily a homemaker, Mrs. Landis first priority was tending to her children and keeping a happy home. She also worked at JCPenney department store in Ashland.
Mrs. Landis enjoyed crossword puzzles and word games.
She was a member of Mansfield Baptist Temple for 34 years, where she and her husband, Keith, were baptized.
Mrs. Landis is survived by two sons and two daughters-in-law, Steve and Linda Landis of Columbus and Ron and Kim Landis of Bellville; a daughter and son-in-law, Karen and Jeff Misko of Lakeland, Colo.; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren, and a sister-in-law, Elvira Whicker.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by seven sisters and brothers-in-law, Ida Mae and Art Soule, Ethel and Clayton Sexton, Nora and Ralph Edinger, Mary Ellen and Sam Stahl, Bertha and Charles Wollam, Martha and Louie Clark and Virginia and David Mankin; and a brother, Wilson Whicker.
Friends may call 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today, Sept. 5, 2006, at Lexington Avenue Snyder Funeral Home on U.S. 42 south of Hanley Road, where the funeral service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2006. The Rev. Dale Adkins will officiate. Burial will follow at Hayesville-Vermillion Cemetery.
Memorial contributions to Mansfield Baptist Temple may be made at the funeral home.
Online condolences may be made to the family by visiting www.snyderfuneralhomes.com. (T-G 09/05/06)